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Afghanistan National cricket Team |
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The Afghanistan national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Afghanistan in international cricket matches. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid 19th century, but it is only in recent years that the national team has become successful. The Afghanistan Cricket Federation was formed in 1995 and became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) since 2003.
The national team, formed in 2001, has played in the 2009 World Cup Qualifier after rising rapidly through the World Cricket League, starting in Division Five in May 2008. The Team failed to qualify for the 2011 World Cup, but did earn ODI status until 2013. This makes them the first affiliate nation in the history of Cricket to gain ODI status. They play in the Elite division of the ACC Trophy.
In 2000 the Afghanistan Cricket Federation was elected as an affiliate member of the ICC the following year. They played in two Pakistani tournaments in 2003, winning their first match that year. They began playing in Asian regional tournaments in 2004, finishing sixth in their first ACC Trophy. More success began in 2006 when they were runners-up to Bahrain in the Middle East Cup and beat an MCC side featuring former England captain Mike Gatting by 171 runs in Mumbai. Gatting was dismissed for a duck.
Afghanistan took part in the 2009 ACC Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan was drawn in Group A, a group which Afghanistan topped at the end of the group stages by wining all five of their matches. In the semi-finals the Afghans defeated Kuwait by 8 wickets. In the final they met the hosts, the United Arab Emirates who they defeated by 84 runs, with Mohammad Nabi scoring 73 runs and 4 wickets to earn the man of the match award. This victory meant Afghanistan qualified for the cricket tournament at the 2010 Asian Games.
On 1 February 2010, Afghanistan played its first Twenty20 International against Ireland, which it lost by 5 wickets. |
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